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Tartar

proper noun

  1. a member of a group of Turkic peoples primarily inhabiting Tatarstan in west-central Russia and parts of Siberia and Central Asia
  2. any of the Turkic languages of the Tatars
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noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈtɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/

adj

Etymology: From Old French Tartaire, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (“Tartar, Mongol”), from Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹), spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).

  1. Of or relating to the people or culture of Tartars.

    “Tartar customs”

name

Etymology: From Armenian Թարթառ (Tʻartʻaṙ).

  1. One of the tributary rivers of the Kura, flowing through Artsakh and Azerbaijan.
  2. A town in Azerbaijan located on this river.

noun

Etymology: From Old French Tartaire, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (“Tartar, Mongol”), from Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹), spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).

  1. Alternative spelling of Tatar.
  2. A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus.

    “Persia is a great country, which was in old times very illustrious and powerful; but now the Tartars have wasted and destroyed it.”

  3. A person of a keen, irritable temper.
  4. A rough or violent event.

    “I haven't escaped sickness all my life to get off easily now. […] I knew when my turn came, it would be a Tartar.”